.gov

Introduced	1985
TLD type	Generic top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	General Services Administration
Sponsoring organization	None
Intended use	Governmental entities
Actual use	United States of America government; formerly federal-only but later expanded to include state and local entities
Registration restrictions	Must meet eligibility requirements and submit authorization letter
Structure	Registrations at second level permitted
Documents	RFC 920; RFC 1591; RFC 2146
Dispute policies	None
Web site	Dotgov.gov

.gov is the generic top-level domain used by the United States federal government. It was one of the original top-level domains, established in January 1985. Image File history File links .gov registry logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... This article is about the year. ... A generic top-level domain (gTLD) is a top-level domain used (at least in theory) by a particular class of organization. ... This article needs to be updated. ... A government is an organization that has the power to make and enforce laws for a certain territory. ... A generic top-level domain (gTLD) is a top-level domain used (at least in theory) by a particular class of organization. ... This article is about the year. ...

The U.S. is the only country that has a government-specific top-level domain in addition to its ccTLD. Other countries typically use a second-level domain for this purpose, e.g., .gov.au for Australia, .gov.uk for the United Kingdom, .gc.ca for Canada, and .gov.fr for France. Since the United States controls the .gov Top Level Domain, it would be impossible for another country to create a domain ending in .gov, for example .jp.gov. A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is a top-level domain used and reserved for a country or a dependent territory. ... A top-level domain (TLD) is the last part of which Internet domain names consist of. ...

Some U.S. federal agencies use .fed.us rather than .gov. The Department of Defense and its subsidiary organizations use .mil. Some U.S. governmental entities use other domains, such as the use of .com domains by the United States Postal Service (usps.com) and the United States Army's recuritment website (goarmy.com, this trend is repeated at the recruitment websites of the other branches of the U.S. Military). Internet purists consider these usages to be improper, as these are governmental or military entities rather than commercial ones. The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated as DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. ... .mil is the generic top-level domain for the United States Department of Defense and its subsidiary organizations. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A previous USPS logo A USPS truck in San Francisco A smaller truck (a Long Life Vehicle or LLV) used in suburban areas The United States Postal Service (USPS) is an independent establishment of the executive branch of the United States government (see ) responsible for providing postal service in the... The United States Army is the branch of the United States armed forces that has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...

All governments in the U.S. are allowed to use .gov, such as atlantaga.gov for the city of Atlanta, and georgia.gov for the U.S. state of Georgia. This was not always true; under an earlier policy, only federal agencies were allowed to use the domain, and agencies beneath cabinet level were required to use subdomains of their parent agency. There is a lack of consistency in addresses of state and local government sites, with some using .gov, some .us, and still others in .com, .org or another TLD. Night view of Taipei City. ... Nickname: The Horizon City, Hotlanta, The Big Peach, A-Town, The ATL Official website: http://www. ... A state of the United States (a U.S. state) is any one of the fifty states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, along with the District of Columbia, form the United States of America. ...

The usage of .gov as a gTLD controlled only by the U.S. is controversial, as some people believe this to be an example of arrogance by the U.S. – such views hold that usage of .fed.us or a new second level domain of .gov.us would be more suitable. Others believe that U.S. control of .gov is a natural result of the fact that the U.S. federal government was responsible for the initial creation of the Internet and its first user, an argument countered by the fact that gTLDs are specific to the world wide web, and not the internet as a whole, and the world wide web was not a US creation. José Mourinho José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix (pron. ...

External links

• IANA .gov whois information
• RFC 920 defined .com and the other original top-level domains.
• RFC 2146 (U.S. Government Internet Domain Names)

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